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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1927
Page
15
The Notre Dame Glee Club performed for a local audience featuring soloists and a mixed ensemble. The program included tenor solos and choral numbers with a large group of participants led by conductors and accompanying musicians.
The text shows a jumbled roster of names including O’Brien, Walsh, James, Shea, Simpson, and others, with scattered titles and roles. Partial mentions of tenors and a potential choir or committee are visible, but many fragments lack context or clear action, making a precise event summary difficult.
An appeal challenges a probate ruling from the Stratford court regarding the estate of the late Josephine Bedell. Judge John presided on October 11, 7808, naming William Tad as executor, with the will’s contents not yet considered by the court.
A Democrat representative voiced opposition to the M'Nary Haugen bill amid debate on farm relief. He proposed a separate agricultural program backed by authorizing agencies to raise and lend funds up to ten times its initial amount. The measure aimed to support farming through quotas and government credits.
In Danbury August 16 17 18 and 19 the Connecticut department of the American Legion fixed its state convention dates. The gathering will be at the state armory with auxiliary events in Odd Fellows hall, while a parade closing the meeting is planned to draw thousands from nearby cities. Cadet units from West Point may participate, with encampment at Lake Mahopac.
Vital statistics records list multiple birth notices from Easton Norwalk and Newtown Connecticut with families including McCarthy Horvath Palmbeng Allen Marshall and others. Dates cluster around December 24 25 and 29 with daughters and sons reported. Names include Charles and Philomena McCarthy Fred and Olga Pomerink Edward and Inez Allen and Harold and Ella Marshall among others.
A fragmented diary style piece describes travels and shopping finds from the West Indies to Kingston. It mentions portraits of decor, furniture from Pickwick Loder, and a military sale at Buckingham Co on State Street with dramatic price cuts. Readers are urged to visit Beauty Shop on Cannon Streets for a facial and manicure.
The American Rediscount corporation, formed to stabilize consumer credit and curb inflation in deferred payment financing, announced it would begin operations Jan. 6. Its capital consists of 560,000 shares of first preferred 7 percent stock, 250,000 shares of four percent preferred stock, 100,000 shares of class A common, and 61,600 shares of common voting stock.
New York woman Louise Wallace Khickney told the EBridgeport Art League that Chinese art centers on Heaven, earth and man with flowers and landscapes conveying deep meaning. She cited peony as spring and wealth symbol and chrysanthemum for autumn fidelity, noting Chinese painters read space, earth and water and could date works by details. The lecture drew a full house.
Speyer and Company J W Seltz man and Company bankers announced they will exercise on Thursday their option to acquire controlling interest in Victor Talking Machine Company, recently acquired from Eldridge R Johnson. A stockholders meeting will discuss recapitalization. Johnson pledged to buy minority holdings at 115 a share, while market quotes near 152.
A shipment of 5 million dollars in gold was sent today from the New York Federal Reserve Bank to the Reichsbank in Berlin. This gold, earmarked for the Reichsbank, is part of the reserve held for Germany. Over the past two years shipments to the Reichsbank total about 186 million dollars.
New York AP report shows E Loomis president of Lehigh Valley Railroad and George Baker outlining a plan to establish common dividends on the year basis of five dollars per share paid in 1926. Loomis proposes three methods including a one dollar fifty cent extra dividend and urges steady railway involvement, fair legislation, and tax efficiency to support dividend stability.
The Stamford Water company raised rates effective January 2 with a new minimum of 3 dollars per quarter for 1 200 cubic feet. Old charges were 1 dollar per quarter for 1 000 cubic feet. New tiers apply up to 105 000 cubic feet, plus higher charges beyond. Manager Valentine O. Ketcham cited 20 years of old rates and rising costs for reservoirs, suggesting a large main from a new storage reservoir and noting frozen assets and new taxes.
Miss Ejla May Seery, daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Patrick Walter Seery, married Gustave Anderson of Connecticut avenue in Fairfield. The ceremony at St Thomas church was conducted by Rev William J Blake with Mrs Charles C Leitch as matron of honor and Miss Gertrude Keenan as bridesmaid. Walter Keane served as best man. The couple will reside on Connecticut Avenue after a wedding supper at Mrs Margaret Burgess’s home.
Washington reports the city and its Board of Transportation Inet 2 faced a Supreme Court ruling in a transit dispute. The city had sought review via a district court decision in New York, challenging jurisdiction over a salt in equity brought by the receivers of the New York Municipal Hallway Corporation, the New York Consolidated Railroad Company, and the New York Rapid Transit Corporation.
Nineteen year old Hott Squires, arriving from Hartford to pursue acting, pleaded guilty to stealing tools valued at $14 outside a Broadway store. Placed on probation to return to 83 Woodstock Street, Hartford. A probation officer reported he is the son of Alvin Squires of 33 Market Street, Hartford.
In New Hartford the Superior Court ordered a recount to determine whether Shen Democrat or Jones Republican won the first selectman post in last October’s town election. Judge Arthur I. Ells instructed the ballot boxes be opened and recount begun, with work still in progress at noon.
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